Kingston crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia council area
Kingston is a council area in South Australia with about 2,420 residents. It has a Crime Score 14 out of 100 (very low), 355th of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by break-ins (29th percentile), vehicle theft (37th percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 23.
In 2024-25: violent 372 per 100,000 (+25% vs five years earlier); property 1,116 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier); break-ins 289 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier); theft 455 per 100,000 (-33% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 61st of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Kingston council area is 2.8% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2% of occupied homes (9 public and 11 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 7 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 29.4 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 7.9% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, New Zealand, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.7% (confidence 68 of 100); social housing about 1.9% of homes; about 28.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 8% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 372 | 9 | +25% |
| Property | 1,116 | 27 | -18% |
| Break-ins | 289 | 7 | +14% |
| Theft | 455 | 11 | -33% |
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Suburbs in the Kingston council area
BLACKFORD · BOWAKA · CAPE JAFFA · DUFFIELD · KEILIRA · KINGSTON SE · LACEPEDE · LANDSEER · MARCOLLAT · MINECROW · MOUNT BENSON · MURRABINNA · NEVILLE · PEACOCK · PINKS BEACH · REEDY CREEK · ROSETOWN · SANDY GROVE · TARATAP · TILLEY SWAMP · WANGOLINA · WELLS · WEST RANGE · WYOMI
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